ecstasy

[US]/ˈekstəsi/
[UK]/ˈekstəsi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a state of being lost in intense pleasure or joy; extreme delight; being carried away

Example Sentences

an ecstasy of rage.

there was a look of ecstasy on his face.

Speechless with ecstasy, the little boys gazed at the toys.

Ecstasy is a transcendent emotional experience & emdash like feeling struck by the white light of the divine in a garden of paradise.

She was in a state of ecstasy after hearing the good news.

The music filled him with ecstasy.

He experienced moments of pure ecstasy during the concert.

The drug induced a feeling of ecstasy in the users.

The couple danced in ecstasy at their wedding.

His face lit up with ecstasy when he saw his favorite band perform.

The taste of the chocolate cake brought her to a state of ecstasy.

The artist's work was a masterpiece that captured the ecstasy of the human experience.

She felt a sense of ecstasy when she reached the mountain peak after a long hike.

The movie ending left the audience in a state of ecstasy.

Real-world Examples

While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!

Source: Bennett's poetry reading

He goes from agony to ecstasy!

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

Source: Selected Literary Poems

So is peak experience shock treatment of ecstasy?

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Chardin delighted him, and Rembrandt moved him to ecstasy.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

He expands his wings and tail, and sweeps round and round in ecstasy.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

But, stronger than shame, was the memory of rapture, of the ecstasy of surrender.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She fastened it round her neck and remained in ecstasy at sight of herself.

Source: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Senior Year Volume 1

It's no good pretending that ecstasy isn't a physical as well as a spiritual experience.

Source: The Power of Art - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Resign, of course, bayed the opposition parties and other commentators in an ecstasy of Schadenfreude.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

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